Just a couple of years ago, you could have accidentally tasted a cocktail based on sparkling wine and bitter (it could be Aperol or Campari) at someone at the weekend party. Now it has gained real popularity and has become one of the most trending summer youth cocktails in the world. The drink of summer 2013 stands firmly on its way to the title of World Aperitif, and its name is the Syringe-Aperol cocktail, the recipe of which we will now find out.
Cocktails in brief
Today it is impossible to imagine a single fashion party, presentation, gala dinner, official reception without any variety of cocktails that will suit everyone’s tastes. A cocktail is an alcoholic beverage based on one or more alcoholic components. Cocktails are gaining popularity and popularity today, some of them are becoming more recognizable. In the 1920s, the Prohibition Act was proclaimed in the USA , and it was then that alcoholic cocktails gained real fame among alcoholic drink lovers. Trying to hide the taste of alcohol, they mixed various drinks with degrees, most often mixing sugar syrup, lemon juice with gin, sometimes the second alcohol component was, for example, sparkling dry wine. Drinks became more and more popular, and so more and more cocktails were invented. Fashion for them quickly spread to Europe. In Paris, London, Venice one could taste the classic popular cocktail of that time in a hotel or bar, or at a "cocktail party", which even then became popular with young people.
Syringe Aperol Cocktail
Aperol is an Italian aperitif that has been around for quite some time. As they say, everything new is well-forgotten old, and recently it has been rediscovered by bartenders.
The bright orange color pleasantly pleases the eye, and the name of the cocktail comes from it, well, and the syringe, most likely, means "spray". Aperol Syringe has a unique taste, thanks to a secret recipe with infusions of selected ingredients, including bitter and sweet oranges, and many other herbs (including rhubarb) and roots. The Syringe-Aperol cocktail is slightly alcoholic, but only 11 percent, so it goes well with other liquors.
History of creation
Orange liquor was invented back in 1919 by the Barbieri brothers in the city of Padua. Originally designed for health and appetite, after eating to improve digestion. Aperol is sweeter and with a lower alcohol content - only 11 percent. Herbal bitterness (gentian, rhubarb), bitter and sweet oranges, spices went well with the famous “syringes” cocktails that were famous at the beginning of the last century, which included local wine and a non-alcoholic tonic. As a result of this, the Aperol Syringe appeared - tart, tonic and refreshing.
In those years, the town was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it was the Austrians who came up with diluting Venetian wines with soda, so Austria is also related to the origin of Aperol, at least there are still debates about this.
Recipe
There are many variations of cocktail preparation in a certain area, and each bartender has his own recipe. The ingredients should be sufficiently chilled, usually dry white wine (Prosecco or sparkling) and sparkling water (40% wine, 30% water and 30% aperitif).
The last 30% can be changed to the taste of the bartender. Decoration - a slice of orange and, possibly, olive. These are the classic proportions of the Aperol Syringe cocktail, the recipe of which you can learn and try in Verona and Venice. The bartender pours a handful of ice into a glass, then pours wine in half, adds soda from above and generously sprinkles everything with an aperitif - heartily and as much as he likes, decorates with a slice of orange and olive to taste. Aperol-syringe is served in wide glasses, ice is also added. Of course, you can use Campari instead of Aperol, but you will get a stronger cocktail of rich dark red color, and its taste will be more bitter. To get a real and real taste, it is recommended to use a classic aperitif. So the drink will have a sweeter and more spicy taste, and you get a true "Aperol Syringe." Serve it with classic Italian appetizers.